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Nepali climbers overcame ‘treacherous’ conditions to conquer K2
Shigar: Nepali climbers who made history at the weekend by becoming the first to summit the world’s second-highest mountain in winter told Wednesday how they battled hurricane-force winds and freezing temperatures to achieve the record. The triumphant 10-man team was plucked from Base Camp on the 8,611-metre K2 - known as the “savage mountain” - by a Pakistan Army helicopter and flown to the Shigar Valley, a gateway to the mighty Karakoram range. Wearing traditional woollen hats and festooned with garlands, the climbers were received as heroes on the first leg of their journey back home. “This winter we came here with the hope that we were going to make this happen,” said Nirmal Purja, one

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